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Intellectual Property Lawyer in Denver, Colorado

As the world economy moves from labor-intensive to technology-intensive production, protecting intellectual property (IP) rights is becoming more and more important. Our attorneys can help you solve IP problems as they arise, and we can also help you develop a comprehensive IP strategy.

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We Can Help You Create, Protect and Enforce Your Intellectual Property

IP rights are likely to be the lifeblood of your business in the sense that your company will probably fail if you cannot adequately protect them. As a leading intellectual property law firm in Colorado, we can help you stand up for your rights both offensively and defensively. We can file claims against those who violate your IP rights, and we can defend you against those who accuse you of violating their IP rights.

Our Process

If you are seeking to create or exploit IP rights, we can:

  • Investigate to make sure your copyrights, trademarks, or service marks are not already in use
  • Help you file necessary registrations with state, national, and global authorities
  • Help you draft effective licensing agreements, distribution agreements, work-for-hire agreements, non-disclosure agreements, non-competition agreements, confidentiality agreements, etc.

Besides the foregoing, we will make sure you understand the legal implications of everything we are doing on your behalf. Everything we do will be designed to secure your IP rights, keep you out of court wherever possible, and make sure you win any disputes that might arise.

Our Successful Cases

  • Business

    Successful Sale of Technology Startup

    Our team at Sequoia Legal regularly helps sellers and buyers of businesses navigate the intricacies of the purchase and sale process to help them achieve their dreams. In this case, Sequoia Legal was brought on by the owners of a local technology company in a sale to a strategic acquirer with a total transaction value in the multiple millions.

  • Business

    No Penalty Voluntary Disclosures to US Gov

    Companies routinely face complex situations when exporting or doing business internationally. There is a complex set of laws and regulations applicable to the persons, places and products involved in international business.

What Do We Do?

Over time, there may be hundreds of activities that a company needs to perform to protect its IP rights. Our team of copyright attorneys in Denver can:

  • Monitor the Internet to discover violations of your copyrights
  • Register your copyrights for both national and international protection
  • Help you license derivative works and compilations if you so desire
  • Perform trademark registration status investigations
  • Register your copyrights with the US Customs Service (to prevent the importation of infringing products)
  • Litigate copyright disputes, regardless of whether you are the plaintiff or the defendant

As copyright infringement attorneys in Denver, we are qualified to perform these copyright protection activities and many more. In contrast, as trademark attorneys in Denver, we can:

  • Register your trademarks and service marks for national and international protection;
  • Investigate licensing and registration arrangements that might violate your company’s IP rights
  • Register your marks with US customs authorities
  • Extend your trademarks and service marks when the time comes
  • Monitor the market to find out if someone else is using your trademark (or a confusingly similar trademark) without your permission
  • File claims against parties who are infringing your trademarks
  • Negotiate settlements with parties who infringe your trademarks
  • Litigate trademark infringement lawsuits (if necessary)

Our trademark attorneys in Denver, CO will spare no effort to protect your trademark rights against anyone who would dare to infringe them.

Our Attorneys Are Here to Hold Your Hand and Support You

Schedule an online appointment and let our firm help you with resolving your case.

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Our IP Lawyers Serve a Wide Range of Clients

Intellectual property protection is not only for technology companies.  Almost every company can use some form of IP legal help. We work with the following types of companies, among others:

  • Biotechnology companies
  • Consulting firms
  • Distributors
  • Energy providers
  • Equipment providers
  • Financial services companies
  • Health care companies
  • Hospitality industry companies
  • Industrial parts suppliers
  • Retailers
  • SaaS companies
  • Telecommunications companies
  • Venture capital companies

This is only a partial list of the types of companies that we frequently work with.

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Meet Our Attorneys

  • Founding Partner

    Andrew advises foreign and domestic companies, organizations, and entrepreneurs on a broad range of corporate and international regulatory and transactional issues.

  • Partner

    Hunter focuses on general corporate matters, healthcare compliance, international trade laws, and anti-kickback regulations.

  • Brian Fonville

    Of Counsel

    Brian Fonville

    With experience as a transactional lawyer in finance and corporate matters in New York City, Brian boasts great experience in cross-border commercial transactions, software licenses, and investment funds.

  • Of Counsel

    Laura A. Lopez

    With experience both as a Litigator at Davis Polk & Wardwell and as General Counsel of a private global merchant advisory and investment firm, Laura provides advice on a wide range of issues impacting businesses including dispute resolution.

  • Associate

    Christina is a recent graduate of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where she received the Irving P. Andrews Award for Outstanding Law Graduate as well as the Student Leadership award.

  • Josh Wallenstein

    Of Counsel

    Josh Wallenstein

    Managing Member of the Wallenstein Law Group, Josh offers no-nonsense solutions to a variety of compliance and risk management issues.

  • Of Counsel

    Being a corporate and transactional attorney, Nick's focus is in mergers & acquisitions, guiding clients through all deal phases. He also covers business formation, governance, and diverse contract drafting, serving clients nationally and internationally.

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Why Work with Sequoia Legal on Intellectual Property Issues?

Our goal is to do more than merely simplify the protection of your IP rights. We strive to take a long-term look at your company’s interests. Besides providing you with the legal advice that you need, we seek to help you build on your initial success while remaining in compliance with current (and sometimes rapidly changing) legal standards. We seek to head off problems before they arise while helping you to maximize the value of your IP assets.

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Contact Our Denver Intellectual Property Attorneys Today

Sequoia Legal is a Denver intellectual property law firm that can help you plan a comprehensive intellectual property strategy. We can also litigate trademark, copyright, or trade secret disputes on your behalf. Visit the Sequoia Legal website or call 303-476-2851 for a consultation. We will be happy to answer your questions.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

  • The main forms of intellectual property law are:

    • Copyrights;
    • Trademarks;
    • Trade secrets; and
    • Patents.

    These forms of intellectual property law are enforceable by money damages and injunctive relief.

  • Companies protect their IP in a variety of ways, including:

    Many other means of protecting intellectual property exist.

  • Examples of intellectual property include:

    • Software source code, which is an example of copyrighted material;
    • Works of art, which are generally protected by copyright law;
    • The mechanical design of a certain type of computer components, which might be an example of patented technology;
    • McDonald’s “golden arches”, which is an example of a trademark; and
    • The formula for Coca-Cola, which is an example of a trade secret.

    Mere ideas, such as theories of physics or mathematical theorems, are not intellectual property under federal or state law.

  • It depends. Federal law governs both patent and copyright law. Both federal and state laws govern aspects of trademark law. Until 2016, trade secret law was almost exclusively governed by state law. In 2016, however, Congress passed the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act, beginning an era of significant federal involvement in trade secret law.

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